Update: I am living the city life!

Lately I´ve been dressing up everywhere I go. Battling the hoards as I make my way to school (a thirty minute walk in high heels up Avenida Callao). Elbowing my way in to claim free drinks at crowded bars (ladies drink for free a lot! and get in for free, while guys have to pay!)and staying out until the wee hours of the morning before flagging a cab to get home. So this is what life in the fast lane is really like! Whew! I must admit, it is not my most favorite cup of tea. Although I certainly did ask for it, so I´m going to drink it up while I´m here. But then I´m going to make a bee line across Argentina to my next destination, Bariloche. In the mountains of Andean Patagonia, I feel that I will really get to experience the land of Argentina. While it´s true that there is much culture in the city, I also feel that the richness of culture to be found in smaller mountain town is calling my name. I want to travel south from there and climb in the high Patagonian summer. I can hardly wait! Luckily, I won´t have to for long! At the end of this month, I´ll be making tracks and heading up into the hills! I am already devising plans to somehow get my trad climbing rack down here as well. Sometimes, perhaps, it takes being in a situation that isn´t quite what you expected it to be to help you understand better exactly what it is you want and need to make you feel happy and fullfilled. Well, I guess that´s the work I´m doing now-and I think I´m getting warmer!
In the mean time, I have a some good experiences exploring the city as well.

This is that park I like in the Palermo district. They have paddleboats!


This is the famous Plaza Del Mayo, where mothers of "dissappeared" Argentinos protested in the 70s and 80s.


Casa Rosada, near the Plaza de Mayo and the port (Puerto Madero), was where Eva Peron gave her famous speech to the working class people of Argentina.


Puerto Madero and "Women´s Bridge"--in the rain!


Oleana and I at Bomba Del Tiempo!Officially my favorite thing to do on Monday nights! Called "Timebomb", it´s a great group of drums and other instruments. We dance samba!

The girls on my floor

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Tune in later for more about life in the fast lane! Whew!